Improvement in grain-binders



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEcE.

OLE O. STORLE, OF NORWAY, ASSIGNOR TO EIIMSELF, J. G. FLINT, JR., AND

MARY M. MASON, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

IMPROVEMENT IN GRAIN-BINDERS- Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 91,282, dated June 15, 1869.

To-all whom it may concern Be it known that I, OLE O. STORLE, of Norway, county of Racine and State of Wisconsin,`have invented a new and useful Improvement in Grain-Binder; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use vthe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a front-side view of my invention; Fig. 2, a back-side view; Fig. 3, an end view; Fig. 4, a top view of the binding works, with the platform and wire-cutting apparatus removed; Fig. 5, a sectional view of the binding apparatus in the line z' i, Fig. 4; Fig. 6, a view ofthe top of the knife which cuts the Wire.

Similar letters of reference in cach of the gures indicate corresponding parts.

The object of my invention is to produce a grain-binder simple and complete in all its parts.

A is the wood frame of the binder; B, the

movable platform, hung by a hinge on one side. To this platform, on the under side, is attached the binding apparatus. C, the railway,

on which the rake moves back and forth D to handle E; M, the arm which moves the binder; N N, spring-rods, one end fastened io the frame, and the other end ruiming out over the binding-platform to keep the grain down; O, the binding-wheel, with two sets of cogs on it, one set above the other. The upper set has more cogs in it than the under set, so that as it is turned by the arm M the two pinions which mesh into the cogs shall turn unequally, the upper tier of cogs turning its pinion the fastest. P, pinion on a hollow shaft,

sliding on over another shaft, and on its head is the wire-twister Y. This pinion meshes into the cogs on the top of wheel O. Q, a pinion on a solid shaft, with more cogs in it than pinion P, ruiming up -through the shaft on which is pinion P, and on the head of this shaft is the knife R, which cuts the wire. This pinion meshes into the cogs in the lower part of wheel O, it revolves slower, and the head Y catches up and presses the wire against the sharp edge of knife R and cuts it. R, a knife, with a sharp edge on one side of it, which cuts the wire when the grain is bound, and wheel l and head Y hold the endY of the wire after it is cut ready for another bundle; S, pinion on crank-shaft; T, pinion on the lower end of the upright shaft, on which is pinion Gr. This pinion T meshes into the pinion S on the crank-shaft. U U, a couple of wheels, one on a shaft on which is pinion F, and the other on a shaft attached to the rakerail V, chain, which passes round these horned wheels, and, as they revolve, carries the rake. This chain is made with links, with a hook at one end and a hole in the other for the hook to hook into, and a projection on each side of the hole to fall in between the horns on the wheels U U. W, the yoke, which raises the binding works; X, pins on the wheel O, which arm M strikes and turns the wheel O, which revolves pinions P and Q, which binds the grain; Y, binding head. This head revolves and twists the wire. Z, the wire, with which which the grain is bound; a, spring, which holds wheel U from being turned too far; b, slidcway, in which the end of arm M slides. There is a center spring which the arm M slides under when it goes down, and which it rides over when it comes back. c, the spool, on which the binding-wire is wound. The nut g and sprin gf can be screwed up tight enough to give sufficient tension to the wire for bind ing. d, a pin on one of the arms L, which is fastened to the chain V, which, as thc chain is carried round the horned wheels U, carries the rake back and forth e, a pin on the other side of said arm, which strikes under yoke W, and raises -the platform every time it comes round; f, spring on wheel c, to hold said wheel strong enough to make sufficient tension to the binding-wire; g, nut on the shaft of wheel c h, connecting-rod from wheel H to arm M, with which said arm is operated; k, pinion on crank-shaft, which revolves wheel H; l, wheel inside of head Y, under knife R, to hold the en'l ofthe wire. This wheel is on the same shaft as the cutting-knife.

Operation: First wind the wire to bind the grain wi h on spool c, passing one end round the arm M, and through the hole in the lower end ofarm M to the wheel Y; turn the wheel O till the wire is fastened securely in the notch between the head Y and wheel l. Then strike into the grain. The platform will be as shown in Fig. 1. Drive ahead, and the grain will be cut and fall on the platform, rake K will move up, bringing the grain onto the Inova ble platform B and into the bight of the wire Z under the springs N. The rake will be raised by the chain as it passes up round the wheel, and pin c will raise yoke W, raising` the platform B. The wheel H, as it revolves, brings arm M down, and its lower end strikes into the slideway, and, striking one of the pins X, turning wheel O. At the same time the wire is brought down into the groove forward of the cutting-knife, the pinions P and Q revolve as wheel O turns, the head Y twisting the wire and binding the sheaf tight, and the knife R cutting it. The wheel 0 is turned till :Marguf his 7,1.,

one of the pins Xstrikes spring a. As the arm M comes back to its original place it comes up over the spring in way b and unwinds the wire from head Y, one end of the wire being fast in the head Y. The grain falls from the platform bound, the platform falls back to its place and is ready to bind another bundle when the rake comes around again.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. Wheel 0, pinions P and Q, head Y, knife R, and wheel l, substantially as and for the purpose described. 1

2. Head Y, wheel l, and knife R, operating substantially as described.

3. Head Y and wheel l, for the purpose of holding and twisting the wire, substantially as described.

4. Yoke W, platform B, arm L, and pin e, operating together substantially as and for the purpose described. i

5. Rake K, arms L L, handle E, wheels U U, chain V, trucks D D, and pin d, all in combination, substantially as described.

OLE O. STORLE. Witnesses:

J. B. SMITH, H. S. LOOK. 

